Welcome to February!

I have been blessed to be able to assist Shiva Rea twice this month. This time off to my home town of Santa Monica, one of my favorite places to assist Shiva because it’s right in this funky area in between Venice and Santa Monica, one block from the beach


It was a foundational teacher training for those just starting to teach in the Vinyasa style that Shiva teaches. Two of my own mentees from the valley went to the training as well as several other students that I have gotten to know over the years. It’s always a rich experience to be with Shiva in any capacity and such a huge honor to assist her and the wonderful students who come to the trainings. There are several other assistants who joined me, including Simon Park, and that is always a joy to see the friends in the tribe.


It was chilly and a little cloudy but I still got a great surf session and got to eat lots of raw food, see my friends from Santa Barbara, and just soak in the Yoga of my maha teacher. There is a lot going on in our tribe, and in the world, and I felt tension as well as inspiration to continue to spread the teachings of the transformative path of Yoga. A unique aspect of Shiva’s teachings at this point in her evolution is to raise the vibration in our own personal lives in order to spread it to the masses by our teaching. We had an evening of ecstatic chanting and poetry on the eve of St Valentines, and a very special Valentines class with what had to be over 100 students in the room!


Coming home inspired, with sand in my toes still and so grateful to have the studio to dive back into. Looks like lots of activity in the studio while I was gone and I am so happy to see the community getting more involved with the studio. I am very lucky to have Mary, Brynn, Martha, Juliet, Laura, and Shelley helping me teach my classes while I was gone, and I am sure everyone got to enjoy their own personal style of teaching. Many activities happening in the next few weeks, so stay posted and look out for the upcoming newsletter!